Improvement in bedstead-fastenings



S. A. FRAYER.

lmbrovem-ent in B s ds'tead Fastening-s;

Patented June 6,1871.

SEYMOUR A. FRAYER, or OOXSAOKIE, NEW YORK.

.IMPRQVEMENT IN BEDSTEAD-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,725, dated June 6, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, SEYMOUR A. PRAYER, of Ooxsackie, in the county of Greene and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bedstead-Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved bedstead-fastening. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section of the socket-plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

This invention relates to a new bedsteadfasteningof the kind where one part is screwed to the inner face of the side rail, while the other is applied to the post.

The present invention consists in a new compound wedge or tongue, which constitutes the connection between the two parts of the fastening. This compound wedge has a separate. vertical and horizontal incline, and is formed on the plate which fastens to the side rail. The sockets are formed on the plate, which is screwed to the post, and are in part sunk into the back of the same, so that the plate is easily cast.

A in the drawing represents theplate, which is fastened to the rail B of a bedstead. G is the plate, screwed to the bed-post D. The' plate A has pendent tongues a a, which project at right angles from the inner face of the rail, as shown. The upper part of each tongue a has beveled edges, 5 b, and the lower part rail, but may be wider on the outer face, as in Fig. 1, to provide at the edges only a lateral hold, the wedges c in the sockets holding the bedstead properly together.

It will be noticed that the wedges are smaller than the dovetailedparts above them,

. so that the ldwer ends of the latter will form the shoulders for the support of the bedsteadrails. By this arrangement of parts the bedstead-fastening can be easily cast without the use of separate chills or other devices. It is easily applied, and holds the rails securely to the posts.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As an improvement on bedstead-fastenings formed in two parts, the tongues a, having wedges c at the lower ends and outwardlybeveled sides I; on the upper parts thereof, combined with the correspondingly-constructed plates 0 d e, as specified.

SEYMOUR A. FRAYER.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. MABEE, T. B. MosHnR. 

